Hello,

On my mother's side I have been able trace back to Adalbert Maschke. He was married Marianna Apolonia Waldoch. They were married in sometime between 1860 - 1865 in Saoszewo,,Westpreussen,Prussia / Skorzewo, Pomern (Pomorskie) (Poland). Adalbert was born in Pomerania, Prussia in 1833. They departed Hamburg in 1884 and arrived in New York in 1885. When they came to the U.S. they had their children with them - Martin, Marriana, Elizabeth, John, and Anna. Elizibeth was Married to Henry Becker (I believe they were married after Elizabeth came to the U.S.) and these were my great grandparents. When they came they moved to Minnesota were they were some of the very first people there. They helped to build a schoolhouse and eventually moved to Montana.

However I'm unable to find any relatives past Adalbert (Albert) Moschke. I see many others here with the name Moschke that also come from the same area in Poland/Prussia they may be related but right now I have no records that extend into Poland/Prussia.

I have quite a bit of information for the Becker side but I would like to find more info in the Moschke side of my family. Also when looking into this I find that there are more than a few references to this being a Jewish name. Is this true? I know Adalbert claimed to be a Catholic but from my research into this I also know that in these areas it was quite common for Jewish persecutions before and during the years that they moved to the U.S. so it may be so.

Any help would be appreciated. Anybody can contact me at webmedic@gmail.com.